Baroque specialist Nicholas McGegan brought his Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra to the Krannert Center's Foellinger Great Hall on Feb. 16 for a concert of music by George Frideric Handel. Last May, ...

THE BBC Radio 3 Autumn series of Sunday afternoon recitals consists of eight events ranging from Baroque to contemporary music. THE BBC Radio 3 Autumn series of Sunday afternoon recitals consists of ...

It’s said that being a musician takes guts. In the case of Baroque musicians who play on period instruments, the saying is literally true. Players who strive for historical accuracy in performances of ...

For a long time, Baroque music on “period” instruments was a specialty for an effete few, but no more — at least in the Vermont-New Hampshire Upper Valley. This past weekend, the Upper Valley Chamber ...

It’s hard to imagine, but six concertos written in hopes of a job have become Johann Sebastian Bach’s most popular music. The Brandenburg Concertos, BWV 1046–1051, are a collection of six instrumental ...

Hurdy-gurdies, lutes and the occasional sackbut: For 14 years, the College of William and Mary’s Early Music Ensemble has brought medieval, renaissance and baroque music to life with reproductions of ...

AT A recent BBC Proms concert, a French choir and orchestra named Pygmalion performed Claudio Monteverdi’s Vespers of 1610, a baroque masterpiece. The audience can be forgiven for not being ...

There’s something oddly fitting about the prospect of watching a Columbia Baroque performance from your living room. The group’s raison d'être is to perform and educate the community about the ...

The New World Symphony will travel back a few centuries next weekend for a Baroque Festival at the Lincoln Theatre in Miami Beach, covering German, English, French and Italian repertoire. Nicolas ...

LAKEVILLE — Baroque Beat – Fiesta Latina, featuring Baroque music on Latin American and early instruments, is the next concert by Crescendo. The free concert, part of Crescendo's 20th anniversary ...

For its fourth annual baroque concert, the Sarasota-Manatee Bach Festival is going "authentic." All of the chamber music selection will be performed on period instruments. "This is wonderful ...